PayPal Data Scientist 

France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 

935199593

What you need to know about the role

Your way to impact

• Senior Data Scientist for our Merchant Product Analytics team who goes above and beyond simply providing reports and analyses.
• Experience at managing/mentoring a small team would be a plus.

Your day to day

• Perform deep dive analyses on key business trends from multiple perspectives and package the insights into easily consumable presentations
• Make data visually appealing and simple to both navigate and comprehend for end-users
• Identify key metrics and drive the building of exec-facing dashboards to track progress of the business and its highest priority initiatives
• Identify key business levers, establish cause & effect, and communicate key findings to various stakeholders to facilitate data driven decision-making
• Engage in problem solving with Risk, Product, Marketing, and various other teams to determine performance trends and root causes.
• Support new product launches by establishing test and control plans and ensuring constant monitoring is in place to track product performance.
• Create close relationships with stakeholders to anticipate & answer questions that might be asked by executives

What do you need to bring

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a quantitative field (such as Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or Engineering) or equivalent field experience
• 5 to 7 years professional experience in an analytical role; Experience managing a small team of analysts will be a plus
• Proficiency with database, spreadsheet, and statistical tools
• Advanced SQL experience, preferable with Teradata systems, data mining, and Big Query analytics (Google Cloud).
• Expertise in stitching together findings to convey coherent insights
• Experience analyzing very large, complex, multi-dimensional data sets.
• Experience with one or multiple of the following will be highly desirable; Python, Tableau, Jupyter Notebooks, Teradata, Hadoop/Hive, SQL, BigQuery
• Ability to solve problems analytically and create actionable recommendations
• Advanced ability to use reporting tools like Tableau and/or Excel to share analysis
• Work experience in the payments, ecommerce, or financial services industry is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex problems into simpler terms, and effectively influence both peers and senior leadership

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